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Introducing the FounderFamilia Newsletter: A Toast to a Summer of Success 💥
LaFamilia Newsletter
24 Aug • Read in: 12 minutes
Hola FounderFamilia!
We are excited to introduce you to the inaugural edition of the FounderFamilia Newsletter. This newsletter is dedicated to our founder audience and will be making its way to your inbox every two weeks, alternating with the VCF Investor Newsletter. It will be packed with insights, updates, and community celebrations.
💢Major Updates
📰Newsletter Structure
Welcome to the first FounderFamilia Newsletter!
Going forward you can expect the following:
💢 Major Updates:
Stay in the loop on all aspects of the FounderFamilia community
🏆 Community Wins & News
Here’s where we celebrate you!
📅 Programming
Recap of recent events, what’s coming up, and our “spreading the word” section
👩🏾💻 Who’s Hiring?
Do you know of a startup looking to hire? Let us know!
💁♂️💁♀️ Community Spotlight
Do you have a special ask for the community or want to nominate someone to be featured? This is the place.
🔊 Call to action
Referrals to FounderFamilia
🏆Community Wins & News
FF members are on a ROLL this summer👊🎉
LBAN Scaling Program Cohort 15 Announcement
As you know, LBAN is an official partner of FounderFamilia. Out of the 72 founders that make up Cohort 15 of LBAN's Scaling program at Stanford University, NINE are FounderFamilia members. Congratulations to all of them– your familia is very proud.🥰
The AWS Impact Accelerator for Latino Founders Announcement
Out of the 1200 applications and the 20 founders that were accepted, SEVEN FounderFamilia founders were accepted! We are grateful for the support and efforts that AWS is making to help increase Latine representation in Tech. A big shout out to FounderFamilia members:
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Google for Startups Latino Founders Fund Official Announcement
Of the 23 startups Google selected for their Latino Founder's fund, TEN of the chosen founders are in FounderFamilia. 💪 💥 These visionary Latine entrepreneurs from our community represent 6 states and a cross-section of industries including AI, fintech, healthcare education, HR, ecommerce, and developer tools.
The Google Latino Founders Fund is dedicated to empowering Latine founders and their startups by providing cash without taking equity in return. Google for Startups will provide invaluable support, resources, mentorship opportunities, and access to help Latine founders thrive in the fast-paced and ever-evolving tech industry.
Round of applause for the following founders being recognized for their achievements with $150k in non-dilutive capital and up to $100k in Google Cloud credits!
But it doesn’t end there….
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PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator Program- Juntos Crecemos Edition
📣 PepsiCo chose 10 incredible Hispanic-owned food and beverage startups to participate in the Greenhouse Accelerator Program - Juntos Crecemos Edition. Of these 10 startups, 40% are in FounderFamilia! 💪 💥
The PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator Program partnered with its Juntos Crecemos Program, which is a part of their Racial Equity Journey. Therefore, for the first time ever, the program will focus on supporting emerging Latine businesses. The 10 Hispanic-owned food and beverage startups chosen will receive the support they need to take their businesses to new heights, accelerate their growth, and make a lasting impact in the market.
Congratulations to the following Latine-owned food and beverage startup founders chosen for the "PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator Program - Juntos Crecemos Edition" who are a part of our familia:
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Like we just said… on a ROLL. Congratulations to all of these incredible founders making big moves to advance not only their own respective startups but the Latine entrepreneurial ecosystem as a whole. That's why we're all here, right? Let's hear it for this amazing community and those helping us build it! 👏👏🥰
📅Programming
🎟Upcoming Events
The following event is directed to VCs but it is important the whole ecosystem is up to date on the situation as it indirectly affects startups. Join us and learn how to further support!
Unpacking the Fearless Fund Case with Cooley
VCFamilia has partnered with Cooley, Diversity VC, and several organizations to host a virtual event to address the Fearless Fund Case. Please join us for an "AMA" style discussion with Cooley where they will discuss details of the case and potential implications.
🖥 Where: Virtual
📅 Date: Wednesday, August 30th
⏰ Time: 10am PT/ 1pm ET
RSVP by clicking below!
📣 Spread the Word
LBAN Scaling Program Application
Attention Latine entrepreneurs! LBAN's Business Scaling Program at Stanford is now accepting applications for Cohort 16 & 17. This is a 9-week hybrid program that includes two weekends at the GSB with Stanford faculty, engaged in lectures, workshops, networking, and opportunities to redefine your growth mindset. The program is designed so that you can continue running your business while participating in this Stanford program with other Latino business leaders around the country. In addition to the in-person time at Stanford, the program includes 8 weeks of online curriculum and capital matchmaking conversations.
Apply today for Cohort 16 (Sept. 13th - Nov. 18th, 2023) or Cohort 17 (Mar. 27th - Jun. 1st, 2024) and become part of a community of over 1,000 Latino and Latina entrepreneurs.
If you missed the info session, here is a short deck with more details on the program!
Comcast LIFT LABS Accelerator
Applications for the Comcast NBCUniversal LIFT Labs Accelerator: Enterprise AI are now open! Since LIFT Labs launched its first accelerator in 2018, 54 portfolio companies have raised more than $300 million in venture capital. More than 84% have landed a proof of concept, pilot, or commercial deal with Comcast NBCUniversal — including 100% of the companies in the 2022 and 2023 accelerators. Don't miss your chance to join— apply today.
Last Thursday, Comcast invited us to join a virtual information session. It was a great chance to connect directly with their team to learn more about the program and have all of your questions answered- If you missed it, no worries! Shoot us an email us at [email protected] and we’ll send over the recording of the session!
Berkeley Skydeck Applications
The SkyDeck Berkeley Accelerator is a 6-month program for promising startups in any vertical who are affiliated with UC Berkeley, any UC campus, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, or global founders. Between 20 and 25 selected Cohort teams receive a $200K investment from Berkeley SkyDeck Fund. Cohort teams participate in mandatory sessions, are matched with a Lead Advisor, have designated work space at SkyDeck, and present at Demo Day.
Applications are due August 31st. For more information and to apply, click here.
👩🏾💻Who’s Hiring?
Let us know if you or any other startup you know is in need of filling a position and we’ll post it here in this section of the newsletter.
To be featured here, fill out the form below!
💁♀️💁♂️Founder Community Spotlight
Chicago Tech Week Win
This summer, Ricardo Regalado, founder of Route and a valued FounderFamilia member, had the opportunity to pitch his startup at Chicago’s Annual Tech Week, the biggest event for the tech startup ecosystem in the city. This was a monumental moment for the founder as it was in front of VCs, investors, corporate partners, and many others who are leading innovation in the space for the Chicago community, and his 5-year-old!
Thank you to TechRise, P33, TechChicago and Verizon for sponsoring this year's TechRise Pitch competition for Black and Latino founders. It was amazing to pitch and win the $25k in front of my 5 year old son and family who have seen my hustle and grind trying to build Route and fundraise for our growth! Priceless to see my son’s smiling face and hear him cheer and clap for me! 💪 My team said to me, “you win and we all win Ricky!” Proud to be showing the tech community that Latinos can build and grow tech too!
FounderFamilia is a grassroot community for founders, let us know if you’d like to be featured. We are stronger together, and we want to amplify your wins- click below to be featured in our next newsletter!
🔊Call to Action: Referrals
Do you know someone who would be a perfect fit for our community? Send them this link and have them apply to our community!
